Jonathon Horton

Husband, Father, Coach

[Jim Shapiro @jimshapiro]

I can't tell you how excited I am to travel 6 hours, through snow and over icy roads, to spend $$$ to stay in an airbnb, to pay an entrance fee so my 14 year old son can play in a basketball tournament vs teams that are located 20 minutes away from our home.

Somebody is making money on this deal and it isn't me.

How about every family donates half the money they are going to spend on gas, food, hotel, and tournament fees to charity and we play a few games here in the local gym.

[Hollie Plemons @Hollie_Plemons]

All staff I speak to say the same thing, their phones & emails are dominated by “vote no” pleas from Texans.

I’ll say it again, we are about to find out if we are a representative form of government or owned by donors & ruled by an iron fist King.

[Troy Mooney @TroyMooney]

The rapid state level responses saying Vouchers won’t impact Texas HS football indicates that folks concerned about impact of vouchers on Friday Night Football may be a very large group?

Importantly…Why does anyone at the state level feel compelled to respond by saying there will be no impact when obviously will be?

I would expect state leaders to say that they don’t care as much about athletic impact as educational impact, but instead to say “ there will be no impact” makes me certain they know there will be an impact they just hope you think there won’t be.

[Gina Hinojosa @GinaHinojosaTX]

The STAAR test is a farce.

#txlege
#txed

[Jonathon Horton @CoachJHorton]

And scared of sacrificing mindless tasks that subtract from your best future.

[Mindset Machine  @mindsetmachine]

You're not scared of failure.

You're scared of the effort it demands.

[Mindset Machine  @mindsetmachine]

You're not scared of failure.

You're scared of the effort it demands.

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

As we move into conference/district play, if you are too cool to take a charge, bump cutters, get through screens, dive on the floor for a loose ball & compete with physicality then you should probably help your team by sitting on the bench where it’s nice & safe. Compete or sit!

[Jonathon Horton @CoachJHorton]

For all, it’s even more effective when the message is sent during a time of success, so the receiver can absorb it.

[Jim Shapiro @jimshapiro]

“I’m sorry.”

“My bad.”

“It wasn’t my fault.”

Own it. Do the work!!!

[Wendi A. Irlbeck MS, RDN, LD, CISSN @Wendi_Irlbeck]

If your 16 YO student athlete isn’t willing to make his or her own snacks, filling up a H20 bottle for the day, or going to bed without their phone in hand they don’t really care about doing their best in their sport.

Seriously, if a 16 YO who has a cell phone, iPad, tablet, endless video game access, spends 4+ HRs/day on social media while you pay for extra fees for specialized training but they aren't willing to dial in their routine they don't respect the game or you.

Have the conversation with your athlete that making the most of this time, routine, and your resources is not only out of respect to you but out of respect to themselves. Many of these athletes need a soft nudge that they won't be student-athletes forever and that if they truly want that "DI or DI scholarship/starting position/Juco opportunity, to go pro, gain muscle, get faster, hit PRs, or insert ____ goal" they will need to level up.

The short time in high school is the BEST time to dial in your nutrition, sleep, hydration, training, and habits. Don’t claim you want to be great yet live off vending machine food or concession stand garbage when all of the nutrition tools and resources are right at your fingertips to use and apply for FREE!

Some stern love from me today. There’s a lot of hard working student athletes out there hungry to get better and they will outperform those who fail to put in the reps in the kitchen, weight room, and their studies exercising some discipline!

[Jonathon Horton @CoachJHorton]

This is the way, people will get on your bus when you are transformational, when you are transactional, they will leave it.

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

"I think you have a greater chance to lose your team when you're transactional as a leader. Which is the way I was until 1998. In other words, everything was about winning or losing... Negative experiences without teaching kills morale..." - Nick Saban

[Jonathon Horton @CoachJHorton]

“Find the fundamentals interesting.” I think this is true and makes social media and gaming the biggest opponents of mastery in our world today.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Mastery requires lots of practice. But the more you practice something, the more boring and routine it becomes.

Thus, an essential component of mastery is the ability to maintain your enthusiasm. The master continues to find the fundamentals interesting.

[Jonathan Jakubowski @jonjakubowski]

Just gifted #ChopWoodCarryWater to a friend and quickly reviewed some of the gems.

Here’s one that stood out.

Words put pictures in your mind. Pictures in your mind impact how you feel.
How you feel impacts what you do.
What you habitually do impacts your destiny.

@JoshuaMedcalf

[Buzz Williams @TeamCoachBuzz]

The smartest moves often lie in what you choose NOT to do.

[Jonathon Horton @CoachJHorton]

And please do it for MONTHS before you claim results won’t happen for you.

[Nate Stone | Peak T @Nate_D_Stone]

If you suffer from stress.

But you aren't focusing on:

- Lifting
- Walking
- Hydrating
- Meditating
- Quality sleep
- Sun exposure
- Human connection
- A nutrient-dense diet

You can't really complain.

As you aren't doing what your body needs to manage it!

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Stephen Gonzalez, Asst AD for Mental Performance, talking to Dartmouth basketball about the importance of emotional regulation.

"Get out of the bucket!"

"People are going to go in the bucket. You will too, but you choose to stay there."

@DartmouthMBB

[Wendi A. Irlbeck MS, RDN, LD, CISSN @Wendi_Irlbeck]

🍉NWW Athlete Scorecard. Let's see how you're doing!? Monday morning check in!

[Buzz Williams @TeamCoachBuzz]

In order to have sustainable impact as a leader, your rate of learning has to be greater than or equal to the rate of change.

L > C

It's not our abilities that show how good of a leader we are, it's our decisions! #getBETTER📈

[Jonathon Horton @CoachJHorton]

Definition of coaching

[Jim Shapiro @jimshapiro]

#facts

[Tim Denning @Tim_Denning]

I'm 38.

When I was young I worshipped politics, went woke (broke) & believed in the myth of equality.

Then I discovered Thomas Sowell, and he changed my life forever.

12 lessons from America's most controversial & unknown philosopher:

[Bob Starkey @CoachBobStarkey]

TRUST ME — ABSOLUTE MUST WATCH!